TOURTEEW MEDrOBD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, January t, 1337
Teheran Traffic is Campaign for Mayhem
Writes Wife of Army Captain To Parents
Many Americans, critical of American truck chassis and put
the U.S. methods of handling
traffic, might enjoy a typical
day on the streets of Teheran
where everyone makes his own
rules," wrote Mrs. Robert M.
Shoemaker recently to her par
ents, Gen. and Mrs. Roy V. Rick
ard, 901 South Newtown street.
Mrs. Shoemaker's husband, a
captain, is with the United States
military advisory group to the
Iran government, and the couple
lives in Teheran.
"The foundation of this
strange and hazardous situation
is the sacred right of the indi
vidualto 'save face'," 'he wrote.
"First, look at the participants
the sedan and the sheep; the
cicyclist and the camel; the
water cart and the 'shedora' cut
ters and the policeman; the bus
and the 'drosky.'-
"Start with the premise that
all have equal rights. To make
progress under the rules one
must be aggressive, hence if a
car bounds its horn, it simply
means someone is challenging
that right. To increase pace in
volves loss of face. Since the
driver also has rights, we then
either have an accident or a close
miss. The pleasure of driving is
greatly enhanced by one's ef
forts to 'skin through' by as
minute a margin as possible.
Anyone can pass with a foot to
spare, but the expert can reduce
that margin to mere inches.
"The 'shedored' woman, with
one dark eye surreptitiously
peeping from the folds of her
flowing cloak, never knows the
degree of danger to which her
life is exposed. Her 'shedora'
blinds her to the dangers, and
her fatalistic attitude shields her
from harm as she shuffles aim
lessly out into the traffic stream.
Bicyclist Superior
"The bicyclist is a bit superior
to the man on foot, and he makes
no concession to the man in the
car with considerable confi
dence in the speed of his wheel,
he sees no reason for expending
energy to change position. His
ability to dart in front of ve
hicles approaching from either
direction, displays a daring skill
that leaves the uninitiated spec
tator breathless.
"The camel caravan presents
a different problem. The team,
of from 10 to 30 follows the 'bell
mare' at intervals fixed by a
rope from the tail to cheek strap.
While there is no attempt here
to save face, the camel being a
slow, plodding methodical fel
low, will not deviate from his
posoition. The 'Shortoban,' in
charge of the team, with his
many duties as engineer, con
ductor, load inspector and brake
man, is so busy that usually the
bell mare makes the decision,
namely to continue on the chart
ered course.
"Polo was invented and first
played by the Persians. The art
of 'riding off' has been inherited
by the taxi driver. While body
contact is usually avoided, the
ride-off is accomplished with
considerable skill. After pushing
his adversary out of the way
often into the path of another
vehicle he is ready for a new
victim.
Confusion H.ign.
"Flocks of sheep, donkeys with
loads many times their size, the
horse drawn 'drosky' or taxi,
two-wheeled carts, rubber-tired
wheelbarrows, and even baby
carriages add color and con
fusion. Add to this the water
cart, each two-wheeled, drawn
by one undersized, gaunt, tired
looking little horse. These carts
competing for sales, stop at any
place, without notice to traffic
behind them, to transfer their
water into earthenware gallon
juss. Often the Abbas or Ali
will whip his horse into a spec
tacular race at a furious slow
trot which is top speed for the
emaciated animals with two or
three carts abreast, in order to
be first at a desirable location
"The taxi is. small and quick
the agile polo pony of the Tehe
ran traffic game. The bicycle is
the tiny banty rooster darting
about so antagonistically. The
water cart, the disdainful pe
destrian, the donkey and the
camel are but painful nuisances.
But the almighty bus with its
wild-eyed driver is the absolute
monarch of Teheran traffic.
Take a small capacity high speed
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you one of thoee unfortunate who has
rtently tried all rrpet of trusses only to
find little or no relief, falling for the ilih
mail order ads. or the so-called out-of-town
experts, spending freely your time and
on it to auner greater
nwuuuonmentr
Often we
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lor relief nry to
ftrd a oetter serv
w msrs in our
own community.
ETrt ntting and sympathetic vndpr
tandtng. combined through many yar of
npenence are at your disposal. We fre
ture th famous line of Non-Skid Spot Pad
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an Iranian built body atop
bulbous at the sides, tiny win
dows, and no rear view mirrors.
Paint the bus at least five dif
ferent bright and glaring colors
add modern Cadillac tail fins for
effect, crowd at least twice as
many people into it as was orig
inally intended and now you are
almost ready to enter the lists
for the traffic tournament. But
not quite. The bus driver and the
bus conductor must be especially
qualified. The driver must never
stop at a bus stop, but always in
the middle of the traffic stream.
He must never look to the right
cr left, front or back at any
time the bus is on the Teheran
battlefield. But most of all he
must be a four-wheeled guided
missile.
"The autobus conductor is an
entirely different breed. He is
one of the most important par
ticipants in the Teheran cam
paign of mayhem. He stands on
one foot on the bottom step of
the bus entrance at least three
fourths of his body dangling
outside the bus. No vehicle in
the streets of Teheran ever pass
es a bus in motion! The bus
driver and conductor team up
to assure against such a disgrace.
If a vehicle pulls abreast on the
left, the driver senses this afront
and cramps his wheel 'hard
aport' to quickley rid his majes
tic vehicle of its pestiferous in
truder. Should a vehicle have
the effrontery to attempt to pass
on the right, the conductor
comes into his own; with wild
gesticulations; informing the bus
driver, the oncoming vehicle
driver, the bus passengers, and
the world in general, most volu
bly, concerning the approaching
insult.
"The driver, taking his cue
from the conductor, veers crazily
to the. right and eliminates auto
matically, any possible contend
er for first place in the traffic
stream. But the conductor really
begins to enjoy his field day at
the bus stops. Foreigners in Te
heran might consider it courte
ous to allow debarking passen
gers to alight before the oncom
ing passengers board the bus.
The Teheran conductor would
never, could never tolerate such
orderly procedure. His job is
to quickly round up the entering
passengers and crowd them into
the path of the debarking pas
sengers, creating a sizeable me
lee at the door and further ob
scuring the vision of the driver.
At precisely the right moment
he must shout to the driver to
get the bus in motion.
"The white lines appearing in
the middle of the streets serve
principally as decorations. To
stay in one's zone shows lack of
initiative and skill. Without les
sening his speed, the skilled local
driver dodges across the street
at an alarming angle to avoid
holes in the paving, then with
surprising dexterity zags back.
Near Misi Misses
"Another interesting experi
ence is the manner in which acci
dents are settled when a near
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miss misses being a miss! Here
again both parties have equal
rights. This is where, for the first
time in all of Teheran's traffic
congestion, a policeman appears.
He picks out the smallest man
involved and starts to give him
a severe verbal chastisement.
However, if the small man de
velops into a fast, loud talker,
he soon has many advocates in
the ever-growing crowd. Mean
while, the vehicles involved are
left in the middle of the street,
knotting traffic in both direc
tions. The argument has pro
gressed either up or down the
street as the antagonists choose,
many others have gathered, and
soon the policeman is pushed to
the outside of the crowd. When
the crowd is finally dispersed by
police reinforcements, the chanc
es are that the original partici
papts in the accident will have
disappeared in the crowd con
federates having, if the crash
permits, already moved the ve
hicles away from police jurisdic
tion. "It has been said that if you
arrive in Teheran with patience
you develop impatience. Howev-
Mrs. Harnish Hostess
For Eagle Point Club
Eagle Point Eagle Point
Garden club met at the home
of Mrs. Ray Harnish January 2
with Mrs. Glenn Hale cohostess.
Mrs. Cliff Green spoke on the
planting of percnnia:s.
Plans were started for the
spring flower show.
The next meeting will be the
annual supper for members and
their husbands. It will be held
in the Grange hall February
6 at 6:30 p.m. Members will be
notified prior to the supper what
they are to take. Mrs. Glenn
Clymers is chairman for the an
nual affair.
To Visit Mothers
Gold Star Mothers will meet
at the home of Mrs. Oscar An
derson. 218 Winema Way, Med
ford, Tuesday, January 8, at
1:30 p.m.
Plans will be arranged during
the meeting for the visit of Mrs.
Rose Decker, Portland, depart
ment of Oregon president, who
will be here Wednesday, January
9 for the department of Oregon
birthday party at Camp White.
er, if you arrive with impatience
you soon develop insanity. To
survive one must develop that
fatalistic devil-may-care, hell-for-leather
desire to get there first,
stay there and 'save face.' "
Rogue River PTA
To Hold Auction
Rogue River Rogue River
PTA will sponsor an auction at
the Rogue River high school
gymnasium Wednesday, January
9, at 8 p.m.
Any usable article will be ac
cepted for the auction and con
tributors are asked to bring the
articles to the Rogue River Feed
store before Wednesday or to the
high school gymnasium on the
day of the auction before 6 p.m.
Articles donated should be
marked with name of donor's
children's favorite teacher. Ray
Jenkins from Pacific Auction
House will be the auctioneer.
Furniture, toys, plants, baked
food and farm produce are
among the acceptable items for
the auction.
Daughter Leaves
After Visit Here
Miss Dorothy Wright returned
to Chicago Thursday after spend
ing two weeks here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Wright, 113 Mistletoe street, and
her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Huntley,
2179 Crater Lake avenue.
Miss Wright is in the person
nel department of George Fry
and Associates, business man
agement consultants in Chicago.
Knights, Sisters
Plan Installation
Monday Evenjng
Knights of Pythias and Pyth
ian Sisters will hold joint instal
lation of officers Monday, Janu
ary 7, at 8 p.m. at the Pythian
building. Miss Florence Bain
will be installed as most excel
lent chief, and James O'Duane
as chancellor commander.
The installing officers are
Mrs. W. L. Walden and Hugh
Welsh, grand chancellor of Ore
gon. Entertainment will be pro
vided preceding the ladies' in
stallation and also before the
men's initiation, with refresh
ments being served.
All the staff members are re
minded to be present and to
wear their formal gowns. Mrs.
Mildred Tolle, retiring excel
lent chief, will call a special
meeting prior to installation for
the purpose of presentation of
the auditing committee's report.
Installation Set
By Two Lodges
Mt. Pitt Rebekah lodge 167
and Central Point IOOF lodge
197 will hold a joint formal in
stallation Monday, January 7, at
8 p.m. at the Central Point
Grange hs 11.
The public is invited to attend.
Luncheon Meeting Set
For Women of Rotary
Women of Rotary will meet
at Rogue Valley Country club
Wednesday, January 9 at 12:30
p.m. Mrs. John Dickson will be
the hostess.
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whipped cream.
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